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What happens at a Mormon wedding not in the Temple?

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What happens at a Mormon wedding not in the Temple?

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A civil ceremony at a Mormon church is very similar to a ceremony at any other Christian faith. The biggest difference will be in costs. Most churches charge for the officiator, and use of the building. The Mormon faith does not for members of the congregation. Other than that, it is pretty similar to a typical ceremony. The Bishop (or whoever is officiating) may speak to you about a few things, and advise you to stay strong and keep the goal of being sealed in the Temple in view. As far as dress, it should be exactly how you dress normally. You should know the Mormon standards of modesty already. If you don’t, you need to learn more about the faith before you set the goal of attending the Temple or even being married in the faith at all. I’m not saying you shouldn’t pursue it, just make sure you understand what you are doing and the commitment you are planning to make.

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I can easily answer this. I’m LDS and my husband is disfellowed so we were married in the chapel instead of the temple this year (we plan on getting sealed in the temple on our one year anniversary). – they like you to have either the ward bishop/branch president or the stake president officiate -it should be long sleeved and at least over your knees, I wore a temple dress since I plan on someday getting sealed anyway (why pay for a dress you wear once?) -certain music is not recommended, but I’d ask the officiator because it’s really up to him what he allows -no candles or open flames inside the church building (so no unity candle) really it’s very similar to a regular christian ceremony except what I mentioned I’m a new convert so I had no idea what I was doing, none of my family had been to a mormon wedding and all of his family has only been to temple weddings so I was stuck. The bishop who officiated ours recommended a book, “Planning LDS Weddings & Receptions” by Lois F. Worlton

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There are a lot of very interesting answers to this question that touch on alot of different areas. Since you’re asking this question, I would have to assume that you are not a church member and your fiance is, if you were a member you would pretty much have an entire ward of people to ask. If I were in your shoes I would probably more concern myself with what my fiance’s point of view on his religion is. If he is not an active/devout mormon then why does he feel the need to be married in a mormon chapel? If you are going to get married in the temple a year later then it sounds like he is expecting you to convert almost immediately around the time of your marriage as there is a 1 year waiting period after a civil marriage before you can be sealed in the temple. With all of these expectations looming, seems you might want to understand the religion quite a bit more thoroughly before wrapping your life/marriage around a person and his religion. While Niki’s comment was a bit hard to foll

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If you are getting married in a Mormon chapel, your wedding dress should be conservative, i.e. shoulders covered. The vows, etc are similar to any other Christian church. Mormons are Christians too.

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A lot will depend on who is officiating the ceremony. Some bishops will only do a very simple ceremony basically where each of you say “i do” and nothing else is really said. They want you to keep your focus on the temple ceremony so they try to keep the civil ceremony very small and basic. Even if you choose to do a ring ceremony after you are married in the temple the discourage a big production so that you don’t lose sight of the real religious importance. However, since most of my family are non members I did a ring ceremony that was almost like an actual wedding ceremony after my temple wedding. I wouldn’t have changed it. The person who performance this was an ordained person though another religion but she was a great friend of mine so she didn’t charge me anything to put it together. Also make sure you choose a modest dress with at least a cap sleeve if the ceremony is taking place at the church building. My sister had her ceremony elsewhere and had a spaghetti strap and that w

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